The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities & Towns Campaign provides free training and technical assistance to municipal leaders to adopt policies that make it easier for residents to eat better and move more.

The HEAL Cities & Towns Campaign is an initiative of The Institute for Public Health Innovation in partnership with the Maryland Municipal League and the Virginia Municipal League.

HEAL Featured in Virginia Town & City, September 2016 Edition

Closer to My Grocer: Food deserts and the campaign for the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund By Allie Atkeson

"From the busy cities to remote rural areas, 1.7 million Virginians live in low income areas with limited supermarket access. The health consequences are well-known and affect the overall quality of life in a town. Likewise, communities without full service grocery stores miss out on job opportunities, local revenue and other benefits. The food desert crisis is on the state’s radar but it needs local champions to fight for funding...."